This is the second in a series of posts asking readers for their opinions on how best to build the Westside Subway Extension. Last week, we asked if readers thought a station should be built at Wilshire & Crenshaw, with the tally indicating that 60% of readers thought the station [continue reading]
Following pre-demolition work that began last May, the contractor for the northbound I-405 Sepulveda Pass carpool lane project is now scheduled to demolish one-half of Sunset Boulevard Bridge in West Los Angeles in six consecutive nights beginning Friday, July 23. Demolition work and associated closures will be conducted during night-time [continue reading]
Most readers have probably heard that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — who also serves on the Board of Directors of Metro — was in a weekend bicycle accident in which he broke his elbow. It was a serious enough injury to warrant surgery, which according to the mayor’s office [continue reading]
Quick reminder: there’s one week left for the public to submit comments on the draft environmental impact report for the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit project. The project proposes to install about 9.5 miles of rush hour bus lanes on Wilshire Boulevard within the city of Los Angeles, which Metro officials [continue reading]
We asked readers a week ago what they thought about the prospect of a station at Crenshaw & Wishire on the Westside Subway Extension and above is the response we received as of 10:20 Monday morning. More than 30 comments were left on the Polldaddy page and they cover the [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Cars at Curbside, Available to Share (N.Y. Times) The city of Hoboken, NJ, has teamed with Hertz to provide “a few dozen” cars for short [continue reading]
This photo is a real stunner and a fresh view of what’s probably one of the most photographed structures in California. The photo was taken by maxxsmart and posted to Flickr. Here’s the info he supplied on Flickr: A classic view of the Golden Gate… Polished up a bit, I [continue reading]
Some good news to close the week: Metro’s rail ridership in June was up significantly over June 2009 — 326,663 average weekday boardings versus 303,712, an increase of 7.5 percent. The Gold Line did well, with 37,270 average weekday boardings in June 2010 compared to 24,219 in June 2009. Much [continue reading]
This week we decided to have a little fun and joined our friends from Vancouver’s Buzzer Blog in celebrating I Love Transit Week. We posted a few informal polls to engage Source readers and find out what you guys think about transit and – since it’s Metro Rail’s birthday week [continue reading]
Over the last few days, we’ve been transitioning to a new email address for The Source at sourcemetro@gmail.com. We have for some time now been having technical issues with the old email address that made it very difficult for us to retrieve and respond to email. We finally got far [continue reading]
